I suspect there will be an update in the next Monday’s Marketing MInute, but the DOJ, along with multiple states, has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. The Senate has said it wants the CEOs of both Facebook and Twitter to come before it and explain why their platforms are censoring content. And both presidential […]
The In-Person Renaissance Is Coming
Back around May, I saw a video on Facebook. It was two cousins, both around 8 or 9. They were standing about 6 feet apart, and giggling. A parent of one of the children explained that the cousins hadn’t been able to see each other for weeks due to covid restrictions, and they were about […]
Why We Worry and How to Stop It
I think most of us can agree that one of the biggest sources of stress in our lives is worrying. For the most part, we worry about the future. We worry about tomorrow. We worry about how we will deal with something that is either coming in the future, or that we suspect will happen […]
Diversity Just For the Sake of Diversity Doesn’t Help Anyone
Whether its the speaking lineup at a marketing conference, or the executive team at a company, you’ve seen instances were there has been calls for more diversity in that group. “We need more…” people based on their race or gender or some other criteria. What is often missing from the diversity discussion is making sure […]
The Magic of Being Second and the Spontaneous Hillside Dance
Years ago I saw a video from an outdoor music festival. The video showed a crowd of fans sitting on a hillside enjoying the concert. After a few seconds, one guy stood up and started dancing. By himself. He continued dancing, awkwardly, by himself for a minute or so. A few people nearby watched him […]
Why I’ve Decided to Blog More and Spend Less Time on Social Media
Adversity doesn’t create character, it reveals it. Over the last few years, there’s been a growing sentiment that social media has become more and more toxic, especially in regards to the discussions happening around news and politics. I’ve heard many people say they have left Facebook completely because they were overwhelmed by the constant arguing […]
Why I Turned Off Comments
The short answer is that I want to focus more on my writing for the time being. The longer answer is that conversations about and around blog posts are incredibly fractured, and have been for about a decade. One of the great things about blogging from 2005-2010 was the amazing conversations that could happen in […]
Individuality is Fine, as Long as We All Do it Together
I was going through my WordPress app on my phone (BTW if you publish with WordPress, you really need this app, it’s great to keep up with your site, especially when you’re mobile), and came across this world map while checking my stats. This shows every country in the world that sent a visitor to […]
Buzzwords Are Ruining Careers and Destroying Companies
Have you heard of the latest buzzword, ‘Emotional Intelligence’? I hadn’t either till I saw marketers using it all over Twitter last week. What is ’emotional intelligence’? Or rather, what other idea or thing has been co-opted by this buzzword? As soon as I heard the term, my first thought was ‘Wait, they mean empathy, […]